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SIGNED MUGHNISI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1224/1828-29 AD
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A PRAYER BOOK
SIGNED MUGHNISI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1224/1828-29 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 82ff. plus five fly-leaves, 11ll. of elegant black naskh to the page, with gold and polychrome rosette markers, text within thick gold frame with blue and black rules, including two heavily illuminated hilyehs with floral margins, the opening bifolio with illuminated headpiece, title cartouches in gold and polychrome, with catchwords, in original gilt morocco with flap, gilt pink doublures, and slip case
Text panel 4 ¼ x 2 ½in. (10.8 x 6.4cm.); folio 6 5/8 x 4 ½in. (17 x 11.5cm.)
SIGNED MUGHNISI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1224/1828-29 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 82ff. plus five fly-leaves, 11ll. of elegant black naskh to the page, with gold and polychrome rosette markers, text within thick gold frame with blue and black rules, including two heavily illuminated hilyehs with floral margins, the opening bifolio with illuminated headpiece, title cartouches in gold and polychrome, with catchwords, in original gilt morocco with flap, gilt pink doublures, and slip case
Text panel 4 ¼ x 2 ½in. (10.8 x 6.4cm.); folio 6 5/8 x 4 ½in. (17 x 11.5cm.)
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